Device and method for turning around cigarettes and like articles



April 12, 1966 J. HERRMANN DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TURNING AROUNDCIGARETTES AND LIKE ARTICLES Filed Aug. 26, 1964 4 Sheets-Sheet l A ril12, 1966 .1. HERRMANN 3,245,514

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TURNING AROUND CIGARETTES AND LIKE ARTICLES FiledAug. 26, 1964 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR JZ/MA/Ms-S Haze/144mm April .12,1966 .1. HERRMANN 3,245,514

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TURNING AROUND CIGARETTES AND LIKE ARTICLES FiledAug. 26, 1964 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 April 1966 J. HERRMANN 3,245,514

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TURNING AROUND CIGARETTES AND LIKE ARTICLES FiledAug. 26, 1964 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Tlcij- DEVICE AND METnor) FORTURNINGAnoUND CEGARETTES AN!) LIKE ARTKCIJES Johannes Herrmann, Dresden,Germany, assrgnor tov Veb Tabakund Industriemaschinen Dresden, Dresden,

Germany Fiied Aug. 26, 1964, Ser. No. 392,226 11 Claims. (Cl. 198-33)The invention relates to a device and a method for turning around, orreversing the orientation of, rod-.

shaped articles, thereon.

- In the manufacturingprocess of filter-tipped cigarettes,

particularly cigarettes haying mouthpieces it is customary to provide adouble-size cigarette with a doublealength mouthpiece portion, thelatter being then severed midway in order to produce individual,regularsize mouthpiece cigarettes.

turned around subsequently so that the tips or mouthpieces face-in thesame direction as those of the unturned other row. Hereupon all thecigarettes canbetransferred, lI1 Slllt&bl containers, to packagingmachines or thelike.

Quite a few mechanical and pneumatic devices havebeen designed, marketedand even patented for this purpose. For example, the cigarettes are heldby mechanical grippers, in flutes of endless belts orchains, or bypneumatic means, sometimes in cylindrical or conical members, whereinthey are turned around during rotation of said members. Sometimes theorientation of the cigarettes is reversed in groups,

In other devices of this kind, the cigarettes to be reversed "are,placed on a rotating disc where they rest in a predetermined region,owing .to their Weight, while other cigarettes continue their path.Conveyor belts are also used in at leastone :known device in addition tothe rotating disc structure.

There are other known machines and methods wherein groups of cigarettesare transported by a chain of buckets or cups, perpendicular to the feedpath, for discharging said cigarettes at the end of the r-ow ofcigarettes which do not need to be turned around.

- All these devices require a considerablenumberof complicated parts.Installation, maintenance, cleaning and repair are all tedious,time-consuming and costly. I An! other important drawback of hithertoknown devices resides in the fact that, at one point or another of theoperative path, a sudden changeof direction is needed. Modern, high-dutymachines which are set up for high operational speeds are. considerablyhandicapped by this unavoidable drawback otf the known turn-arounddevices.

It has been known tor quite some time to use one or two bands for theturning around of rod-shaped articles. The articlesva-re made to movebetween two intersecting spirally-shaped band path sections. In somedevices the spiral-shaped path is provided by the aid or outer guidemeans between which the band sections move. This expedient has also beenapplied in devices for turning around cigarettes; one of the devices hasbeen designed with a spirally wound guide-channel Within which thecigarettes are moved, and simultaneously reversed as to theirorientation, by a twisted 'ba-nd vvhich engages one side of thecigarettes While the other rolls along the channel walls. Thisarrangement had certain advantages over the previously mentioned'onesbut the structural requirements were still relatively high. The bandshad to beinserted and operated with a high degree of precision. At hic-The out cigarettes, are dis-. charged in two parallel rows; those in onerow have to be Patented Z Apr. 12,1956

are turned around while said belt passes, in a figure-eight path, fromone sprocket to another. The number 015 components is reduced in thisdevice, but on. the other hand, the sprockets and the timing belthaverather intricate configurations and are, therefore, costly to make.It has'been noted that the speeds of the various-rotating members haveto be carefully correlated to avoid dis turbances. The inner face of thebelt is subg'ect toexcessive wear, and the. belt needs frequentreplacement;

It is the object of the, present invention to provide a device and amethod for turning around cigarettes-and like articles which eliminatethe drawbacks of, and difliculties encountered with, previously knowndevices-andmethods.

It is another obg'ect of the invention topresent a device2 whereinsimple, inexpensive parts are used so, that there; is only aminimum ofinstallation, maintenance and repair.

. It .is yet another object of the invention to use the: combination ofa continuously and trectilinearlynnoving; member and a stationary memberfor reversing the orientation of rod-shaped articles, like cigarettes,The move-.

ment performed by the articles is perpendicular to the.

directional axis of themoving member, on the one hand, and axial with.respect to aportionof the periphery, there-i of, on the other hand.

According to one of the important features of the present invention, thenovel device and method for turning around rod-shaped articles comprisesmeans guiding said: articles for movement between a moving and astationary. member, the former performing a rectilinear motion. Qwing tothe combined rolling and sliding movem'ent oi the articles, theirorientation is being reversed by move: ments which are partly axial withrespect to the periphery of the moving member and partly cross-axial'tothe direc tion of its advance. In. a preferred. embodiment of theinventive device, an endless belt or band is guided over two pulleys orrollers provided at predetermined reversal points ofits path. A curved,stationary guide-member is: adjacent to a substantially straight portionof the belt so that the distance between them remains the same.

The belt has a circular cross section. The guide mem: berispreferablymade circular; however, it may be profiled, i.e., with anarrowinged-ge pointing toward the end,- lessv belt or band so as topresent a possibly small irictioual surface bearing against theentrained articlesv (cigarettes). The endless belt whichco-operates inturning around the cigarettes may be one of several belts passing arounda rotating transport drum at which the double-size cigarettes are beingsevered. According to'anotherfeature of theinvention, the drum isprovided with circumferential grooves for said belt, the latterbeingadaipted to remove the cigarettes from axially arranged flutes orrecesses o the drum where they are held by conventionalv means:Depending on the position of theendless belt used for: turningaround-the cigarettes, optionally in a peripheral or in a substantiallycentral ire-gionof said transport: drum; the reversed cigarettes will bedeposited, :for. example, on a conveyor belt-,adj acent the:nornreversedv row: of cigar-1 ettes,or in a fashion interleayed orintermediate therewithf.

tional points, the bands were subject to considerable wear so that themachines had to be stopped firequently for replacing worn guide bands.

At least one. recent device incorporates a single timing belt havingfingers thereon for individual cigarettes which that where the beltreturns .to'thedrumL i The endless belt whichperformsflthe; -re-orienting,or: turning around of the, cisQl'ettes-is guided in afigure-eight path around a pulley, the latter having a tilted axis so:that the band sections movingtowardand away'from the, pulley cannottouch each other, The .station'ary'iguidemember has a portion runningsubstantially. parallel with. a horizontalbelt section coining from thecigarette-entrain ing drum, and a three-dimensionally;bent terminalporation closeto' the tilted pulled .but at its side opposi-te to Otherobjects and advantages of the invention will be appreciated and morefully understood with reference to the following detailed description,when considered with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the output end of a preferred embodimentof the inventive device for turning around cigarettes and like articles;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the device shown in FIG. 1, takenin the direction of arrow X;

FIG. 3 is a partial front view, on a larger scale, of the deviceillustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, taken in the direction of the arrow Y;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the forward end of the guide curveco-oper-ating in the article reversal, in the position shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a modification of the reversing guide curve, similar to FIG.4;

FIG. 6 is a front view, similar to that of FIG. 3, of a modifiedembodiment of the inventive device for turning around cigarettes andlike articles; and

FIG. 7 is a top view of the re-oriented cigarettes partly pushed into .asingle line with the non-rotated ones by the device shown in FIG. 6.

A preferred embodiment of the inventive device will now be describedwith reference to FIGS. 1 through 4. Cigarettes 2 are being produced onconventional machines not illustrated herein. Each cigarette isdouble-size and has two standard lengths of a filter tip or mouthpieceat its center. These cigarettes are inserted, by means not shown, intosubstantially semi-circular transporting recesses of flutes 4 of a drumor carrier wheel 6. Axially aligned with drum 6 is a cutting ortransport drum 16 having recesses or flutes 14 therein, the peripheraldistances between subsequent flutes 4 and 14 being substantiallyidentical. peripheral speeds but in opposite directions, as indicated bythe arrows.

FIG. 2 shows the spatial relationship between the drums 6, 16 theperipheries of which are in tangential engagement at a single point. Thefigure clearly shows a cigarette 2 partly taking up one of the flutes 4and at the same time one of the aligned flutes 14. Since the latter areslightly narrower than the former, each cigarette will be forced orsomewhat wedged into a flute 14 at the contact point of the two drums,for subsequent entrainment by the rotating transport drum 16.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that flutes 14 of drum16 may be provided with pneumatic suction means or mechanical grippingmeans (not shown) serving to hold the cigarettes 2a, 2b during theirpassage around said drum. These details being immaterial with regard tothe inventive concept, no further details will be given herein.

The edge of a rotating disc-shaped knife 8 is allowed to penetrate thedrum 16 at a circumferential, central recess 10, beyond the depth offlutes 14, so as to sever each cigarette 2 into two regular-size halves,2a and 2b. As will be clear from FIG. 1, the filter-tipped ends of thecigarettes 2a, 2b face each other, substantially in the central regionof drum 16.

The drum 16 has preferably four circumferential belt grooves 20, 22, 24and 26 therein, in which are placed endless belts or bands 21, 23, and27, respectively. It should be noted that the aforementioned grooves, e.g., 20, are deep enough to take up the thickness of the belts, e.g., 21,beyond the inner radius of each flute 14.

It will best be seen from FIG. 1 that each belt 21, 23, 25 and 27 islong enough to pass, from the respective groove of drum 16, overadditional elements located in the direction of cigarette processing.Thus, longer belt 21 is guided from groove 21) of drum 16 over a pulley28, to be described later in detail, while shorter belts 23, 25 and 27are respectively guided, from their grooves 22, 24 and 26, toappropriate grooves 22, 24 and 26', respectively, of a common, elongatedroller 32.

The drums 6 and 16 rotate at identical The cigarettes 2a, 2b remainwedged into the flutes 14 as long as the belts 21, 23, 25, 27 remainbelow the inner diameters of the flutes. FIG. 2 shows [how eachcigarette is successively forced out of the respective transport flutewhen the direction of the moving belt changes from circumferential totangential (in the lower region of drum 16).

The axis of roller 32 is so arranged that the sections of belts 23, 25,27 emerging tangentially from the grooves are substantially horizontal.This provides for the cig' airettes a path of uniform width inconjunction with a guide plate 34 arranged in the right-hand portion ofthe device (as viewed from the direction of arrow Y). The cigarettes 2bare released during their forward movement when they reach a slope 36along which they roll down to a conveyor belt system schematicallyindicated at 12.

Although not illustrated in detail, the height of guide plate 34, or inother words its distance from the belts 23, 25 or 27 runningtangentially from the drum 16, can be adjusted by conventional means.This will serve to make up for slight changes in cigarette diametersprocessed, as will be explained somewhat later.

Belt 21, in co-operation with pulley 28 and other elements, performs thereversal or turning around of the cigarettes 2a in a manner to bedescribed in more detail hereunder. Eventually all cigarettes 2a and 2balike reach the belt system 12 for further processing at subse-' quentmachines (not shown). At the left-hand portion of the device, where thecigarettes 2a emerge from under drum 16, belt 21 runs horizontally tothe upper edge of pulley 2'8 and returns to the top of drum 16 afterhaving passed around said pulley. The latter thus rotates in a senseopposite to that of drum 16 and of roller 32, the belt 21 describing afigure-eight path around drum 16 and pulley 28.

The plate 34 carries on the left-hand side a guide curve 18 which isattached thereto substantilly below the run of the belt 21. The guide 18is first parallel to the belt 21 and the direction in which thecigarettes 2a emerge from transport drum 16, and then has a spatiallycurved terminal portion, best seen in FIGS. 2 and 3. The curved portionof element 18 surrounds pulley 28 which, for purposes of reversing theorientation of cigarettes 211, has a tilted anis (see FIG. 3). A uniformdistance prevails between guide 18 and belt 21, slightly smaller thanthe diameter of cigarettes 211, so that they are safely entrained intheir forward movement from drum 16 toward conveyor 12.

The operation of the preferred device illustrated in FIGS. 1-4, or, inother words, the method of turning around cigarettes or like rod-shapedarticles, is as follows: It has been mentioned before that thedouble-size cigarettes 2 are cut in half by disc-shaped knife 8 as theyare entrained by the flutes 14 of drum 16. During clockwise rotation ofthe drum, as viewed in FIG. 2, the bisected or regular-size cigarettes2b pass between the belts 25, 27, on the one hand, and a portion of theguide plate 34, on the other. With their filter tips to the left-handside (as viewed in FIGS. 1 and 3), the cigarettes 2b roll down the slope36 and reach the conveyor system 12.

At the same time, the oppositely oriented regular-size cigarettes 2aadvance between the belts 21, 23, on the one hand, and another portionof the guide plate 34, on the other, until the guide curve 18 and thebelt 21 take: over. From the forward edge of roller 32, the guidingeffect on belt 23 ceases so that the orientation of each forwardlymoving cigarette 2a will be determined solely by the spatial relationbetween stationary curve 18 and advancing belt 21.

Both FIGS. 2 and 3 show a number of cigarettes 2a in their respectiveconsecutive angular positions. The filter-tipped ends of the cigarettesclearly show how the co-operation of the afore-mentioned two elementssuccessively turns each cigarette around, from right to left, bysubstantially degrees until the filter tips of cigarettes 2a, too, areto the left. Beyond the pulleyv 28, a pair of stationary support members38 is provided on either side, along which each cigarette 2a is allowedto 'roll down onto the conveyor system 12, once released from betweenguide 18 and belt 21. FIGS. 2, 3, and 6 only schematically indicatea'support structure 40, prefer- .ably held by the stationary frame (notillustrated) of the device and serving to carry pulley 28, members 38,and conveyor system 12, as shown in the illustrations. In FIG. 1, someof the support structure has been omitted for'the sake of clarity.

Owing to the tilted axis of pulley 28, the horizontal section of belt 21which moves toward the pulley does not touch the upward belt sectionwhichreturns to the drum 16 (see FIG. 3). The guide curve 18 extends,with its bent terminal portion, on that side of the pulley which isopposite the upward belt section. This results in the cigarettes 2abeing always guided along the outer portions of the moving belt 21without being endangered of getting caught either between the pulley andthe belt, or

between the two belt sections in the proximity of the pulley.

It will be seen from FIG. 1 that the described preferred embodiment ofthe inventive device individually and successively re-orients eachcigarette 2a until it assumes a position on the conveyor 12 parallel tothe non-rotated cigarettes 2b, all tips or mouthpieces pointing in onedirection. Since the turning around is performed in a "directiontransversal to the forward movement of the cigarettes, the two groupsare spaced a distance'apart, .as shown in FIG. 1. In subsequentprocessing stages (not shown), each of the two continuous rows ofidentically oriented cigarettes may then be individually processed,packed or otherwise manipulated, as is known in the art.

It should be noted from FIG. 1, and more particularly from FIG. 3, thatthe respective locations of the belts 2.3 and correspond, with respectto half the width of the transport drum 16, to the places where thefilter tips connect to the cigarettes proper. As the cigarettes .211, 2broll through the device, the belts 23 and 25 exert a uniform pressureagainst the relatively thin paper'surrounding the filter tips, wherebyany possible flaws resulting from previous'processing steps (e.g.,applying, glueing) are smoothed out. As the cigarettes pass through theinventive device, their round shape is safeguarded, or even improved,owing to the rolling action applied thereto, as explained hereinabove.

FIG. 4 illustrates the front end of the guide curve 18 as it wouldappear in FIG. 3 if detached from the rest of the structure. It will beseen that the cross-section of the guide is circular. FIG. 5 is asimilar front elevation of a modified guide curve 18a having a flattenedshape and an arcuate profile on the side of the guide facing the belt.It is adapted to co-operate with the inventive device exactly as hasbeen described hereinabove.

FIG. 6 relates to a modified embodiment of the device according to theinvention, the operation of which results in a layout of the re-orientedcigarettes on the conveyor belt as shown in FIG. 7. It will be notedthat FIG. 6 corresponds, in overall arrangement, to that of FIG. 3. Theidentical parts have been given reference numerals corresponding tothose of the previously described views, which consequently need not beexplained again.

Drum 16 has the same four grooves 20, 22, 24 and 26 as described before.However, groove 2% lodges a shorter belt 21' which runs over anelongated roller 30, similar to roller 32 described for the firstembodiment. The belts 25 and 27, having the same lengths as belt 21, andbeing lodged in respective grooves 24 and 26, both run over a roller 32which is similar to but longer than the aforementioned roller 30'.

The reversal of the cigarettes 2a is performed, in this alternativeembodiment, by a longer belt 23' running in groove 22 and engaging,according to a figure eight pat- 6 tern, a pulley 28 which is similar tothe previously described pulley 28 but is tilted in an oppositedirection. A guide curve 18', similar to guide 18, surrounds the pulley28' in a manner described, but from the other side. When the cigarettes2a are advanced between the guide plate (not visible) and the curve 18',they will be turned around by about degrees, from left to right, asviewed in FIG. 6. For the sake of clarity, support members (similar to38) have not been shown for the reversed cigarettes in this modifiedembodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the reversed cigarettes 2a arebeing deposited in partly overlapping relationship with respect to thenonrotated. cigarettes 2b. Thisembodiment of the inventive device maybefollowed by 'a device (not shown) which will unite the two partlyoverlapping cigarette rows into a single row, for further processing(e.g., packing) at subsequent machines.

It should be noted that the alternate guide-curve configurationdescribed in the reference to FIG. 5 canalso be used in the secondinventive device according to FIG. 6-.

A comparison of FIGS. 3 and '6 will readily reveal that the basicconcept is the "same in both embodiments, only in one instance the outerportion of the cigarettes is being gripped for rotation by about 180 ofthe filtertipped cigarette end therearound, while in'the other instancethe inner or filter-end portion is being engaged for rotation of theother cigarette end around it. In the former case the, distance betweenthe two emerging cigarette rows increases, in comparison to the originallocation, while in the latter it decreases, producing a partlyoverlapping row of uniformly oriented cigarettes.

The length of the cigarettes has no bearing on the operation of theinventive device and the method of turning around the'cigarettes, aslong as the'width of require adjustment so as to process cigarettes ofslightly larger or smaller diameters, the distance between the belts andthe guide plate 34 may, requirea slight adjustment. Also, the guidecurve 18 (or 18) may need replacement by a thinneror thicker one, or mayhave to be properly adjusted "with respect to the co-operatin'g belt21(23) and pulley 28 (28'). These expcdients being self-explanatory, nodetailed illustration has been given of the means provided therefor.

The foregoing disclosure relates only to preferred embodiments of theinvention, which is intended to include all changes and modifications ofthe examples described within the scope of the invention as set forth inthe appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A device for turning around rod-shaped articles, like cigarettes,comprising, in combination, rotatable transport drum means, meansassociated With said drum means for entraining said articles duringrotation of said drum means, means for rectilinearly guiding a portionof said articles away from said drum means, and means for turning aroundanother portion of said articles, said last-named means including anendless first member having a rectilinearly moving portion and astationary, partly curved second member in the region of said firstmember having a portion curved around said rectilinearly moving portionof said first member from one side to an opposite side thereof, saidother portion of the articles being individually and successively turnedaround by substantially 180 degrees between said members in a directionperpendicular to that in which said first member moves.

2. A device for turning around rod-shaped articles, like cigarettes,comprising, in combination, rotatable transport drum means, meansassociated with said drum means for entraining said articles duringrotation of said drum means, means for rectilinearly guiding a portionof said articles away from said drum means, and means for turning aroundanother portion of said articles, said last-named means including anendless, rectilinearly moving first member and a stationary, partlycurved second member in the region of said first member, said otherportion of the articles being individually and successively turnedaround by substantially 180 degrees between said members in a directionperpendicular to that in which said first member moves, said entrainingmeans including at least one endless belt passing around a portion ofsaid drum means, said first member being in the form of an endlesstransport belt longer than said one belt, further comprising pulleymeans having an axis tilted with respect to that of said drum means forguiding said transport belt therearound in a figure-eight path.

3. A device according to claim 2, wherein said transport belt has asubstantially circular cross-section.

4. A device according to claim 2, wherein said transport belt has asection moving from said drum means toward said pulley means and anothersection moving from said pulley means back to said drum means, said beltsections being spaced apart owing to the tilted axis of said pulleymeans, said second member being on the side of said pulley meansopposite to that of said another belt section.

5. A device according to claim 2, further comprising guide means on saiddrum means for securing the path of said transport belt therearound.

6. A device according to claim 5, wherein said guide means include acircumferential groove on said drum means, which constitutes an acuteangle with respect to the axis of said pulley means.

7. A device for turning around rod-shaped articles, like cigarettes,comprising, in combination, rotatable transport drum means meansassociated with said drum means for entraining said articles duringrotation of said drum means, means for rectilinearly guiding a portionof said articles away from said drum means, and means for turning aroundanother portion of said articles, saidlast-named means including anendless, rectilinearly moving first member and a stationary, partlycurved second member in the region of said first member, said otherportion of the articles being individually and successively turnedaround by substantially 180 degrees between said members in a directionperpendicular to that in which said first member moves, said secondmember having a straight portion in the neighborhood of said drum meanswhich is substantially parallel to an intermediate portion of said firstmember, and a curved portion more remote from said drum means than saidstraight portion which surrounds a terminal portion of said first memberin a substantially equidistant alignment.

8. A device according to claim 7, wherein said curved portion of thesecond member makes half a turn around said terminal portion of thefirst member.

9. A device according to claim 8, wherein said second member has aflattened shape and an arcuate profile on its side facing said firstmember.

10. A device for turning around rod-shaped articles, like cigarettes,comprising, in combination, rotatable transport drum means meansassociated with said drum means for entraining said articles duringrotation of said drum means, means for rectilinearly guiding a portionof said articles away from said drum means, and means for turning aroundanother portion of said articles, saidlast-named means including anendless, rectilinearly moving first member and a stationary, partlycurved second member in the region of said first member, said otherportion of the articles being individually and successively turnedaround by substantially degrees between said members in a directionperpendicular to that in which said first member moves, extraneousconveyor means for said articles and support means between said meansfor turning around said other portion of the articles and saidextraneous conveyor means for said articles, said support means beingtangential with respect to a terminal portion of said first member andsloping toward said conveyor means for depositing thereon said anotherportion of the articles.

11. A device according to claim 10, wherein said second member has aterminal portion extending substantially parallel to said support means.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,965,215 12/1960Molins 198-33.3 3,176,825 4/1965 Rudszinat 19833.3

SAMUEL F. COLEMAN, Primary Examiner.

RICHARD E. AEGERTER, Examiner.

1. A DEVICE FOR TURNING AROUND ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES, LIKE CIGARETTES,COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, ROTATABLE TRANSPORT DRUM MEANS, MEANSASSOCIATED WITH SAID DRUM MEANS FOR ENTRAINING SAID ARTICLES DURINGROTATION OF SAID DRUM MEANS, MEANS FOR RECTILINEARLY GUIDING A PORTIONOF SAID ARTICLES AWAY FROM SAID DRUM MEANS, AND MEANS FOR TURNING AROUNDANOTHER PORTION OF SAID ARTICLES, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS INCLUDING ANENDLESS FIRST MEMBER HAVING A RECTILINEARLY MOVING PORTION ANDASTATIONARY, PARTLY CURVED SECOND MEMBER IN THE REGION OF SAID FIRSTMEMBER HAVING A PORTION CURVED AROUND SAID RECTILINEARLY MOVING PORTIONOF SAID FIRST MEMBER FROM ONE SIDE TO AN OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF, SAIDOTHER PORTION OF THE ARTICLES BEING INDIVIDUALLY AND SUCCESSIVELY TURNEDAROUND BY SUBSTANTIALLY 180 DEGREES BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS IN A DIRECTIONPERPENDICULAR TO THAT IN WHICH SAID FIRST MEMBER MOVES.